Porticus Vipsania

Template:Short description Template:Infobox ancient site The Porticus Vipsania (Latin for the "Vipsanian Portico"), also known as the Portico of Agrippa (), was a portico near the Via Flaminia in the Campus Agrippae of ancient Rome, famed for its map of the world. It was designed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and constructed by his sister Vipsania Polla after Agrippa died. The map was named either directly after Vipsania Polla or the gens Vipsania, which Polla and her brother Agrippa belonged to.

History

Augustus had a world map engraved on marble, following the descriptions given in Agrippa's geographical work, the Commentarii. Agrippa began construction of the map before his death in 12 BC, after which his sister Vipsania Polla oversaw the project. It was not yet completed by 7 BC when Augustus opened the Campus Agrippae to the public. Polla had likely died before this as Augustus was the one who finished the project at a later date. It was the relatives of a person who were responsible for completing tasks begun by a person, once his sister died Augustus who was Agrippa's father-in-law likely felt responsible for it. It was considered inappropriate to interfere with another family's work so Augustus included a description of the portico that explained the process of its making. Although the Porticus Vipsania has not survived, a description of it is given in Natural History by Pliny the Elder, and it is also known through the Peutinger Map.

Location

Plan of the central Campus Martius

File:Plan champ de mars centre.png Baths of Nero Stadium of Domitian Pantheon Basilica of Neptune Baths of Agrippa Stagnum ? Odeon of Domitian Warehouses? Warehouses? Warehouses? Saepta Julia Diribitorium Porticus Divorum Aqua Virgo Arch of Claudius Porticus Vipsania Barracks of the Vigiles Temple of Isis and Serapis Temple of Minerva Chalcidica Altar of Mars Via Flaminia Via Flaminia Temple of Hadrian Temple of Matidia Theater of Pompey Temples of Largo Argentina Porticus Minucia Column of Marcus Aurelius T. of M.Aurelius and Faustina (?) Arch of  M.Aurelius (?) Column of Antoninus Pius Ustrinum Antoninorum Ustrinum M. Aurelii Via Recta Portico of Pompey Arcus Novus Porticus Meleagri Porticus of the Argonauts Piazza della Rotonda Villa Publica

See also

• Forma Urbis Romae

External links

• Porticus Vipsania